scholarly journals Is it Possible to Enhance the Creative Thinking Skills of EFL Learners through Training?

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esim Gursoy ◽  
Hatice Kübra Bağ
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Training Session ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Continuous Change ◽  
Global Perspectives ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Collaboration And Communication

In the light of continuous change of global perspectives, current educational contexts have been evolving to cover the necessary 21st century skills that the individuals must acquire. Two of the 4Cs (creativity, critical thinking, collaboration and communication) of the 21st century educational trends; creativity and creative thinking are the key characteristics of the learners. Considering as one of the requirements of the global communication, knowing and learning a foreign language should keep up with the current improvements in the field of education. Language learners should think critically and creatively in order to communicate with people to enhance the global collaboration. The purpose of this study is to enhance students’ creative thinking skills through appropriate training and to understand the effectiveness of the stimuli type –visual or audio. A pre-experimental research design was chosen for the implementation of the training program. Two different groups –visual and audio – were given either visual or audio stimuli at the beginning of creative thinking tasks. 12 participants were chosen via convenience sampling for each group and the ages of the learners are between 12-13. The training continued for 6 weeks and the participants took 3 hours of training were week. Each training session covered creative thinking tasks which were adapted or designed for the development of creative thinking skills –fluency, flexibility, originality and elaboration. A task-based pretest was implemented before the treatment and the students’ creative thinking skills were measured through figural, written and oral tests and the post-test was implemented to check the effectiveness of the training program. The results were scored by two different raters and the scores were analyzed through SPSS program. The results indicate that the creative thinking capacity of both groups has improved however the visual group students have higher creative thinking after the completion of the training program. This study suggests that although regarded as a higher level of reasoning, creative thinking can be enhanced to some extent among the secondary school learners of English and it should be a part of EFL curriculum as an essential learning skill.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of SW (Student Worksheets) Based on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) to Train Students' Creative Thinking Skills

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Anugrah Agustina ◽  
Yuni Sri Rahayu ◽  
Yuliani Yuliani
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Test Design ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Engineering Mathematics ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Basic Competency

Existing learning has not fully facilitated 4C (critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity) skills and there are obstacles for students to encounter in studying biology, especially the material about plant tissue. It happens due to various limitations in achieving basic competency skills. One of the learning approaches that can be used to support 4C skills is the STEM approach which is supported by student worksheets (SW) to guide the learning process. The purpose of this study was to measure the effectiveness of STEM-based SW to train students' creative thinking skills. The research method used is descriptive quantitative and qualitative with one group pre-test and post-test design. The research subjects were 21 students of XI grades at SMAK St.Hendrikus. Data analysis of the N-Gain test of creative thinking skills obtained an average N-gain of 0.7 with a medium category. The N-Gain analysis of creative thinking skills using the T-Test with a sig. (2-tailed) value of 0.000 indicates that STEM-based worksheets are effective in training students' creative thinking skills.

scholarly journals Pembelajaran Berbasis Proyek Menggunakan Senam Transformasi dan Tetris Geogebra untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Berpikir Kreatif Siswa

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 657-666
Author(s):  
Muhammad Abror
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
T Test ◽  
Significant Difference

The ability to think creatively is an important ability in mathematics to deal with the demands of the 21st century. One learning model that can improve students' mathematical creative thinking skills is Project Based Learning. This study aims to determine the improvement of students' mathematical creative thinking abilities through Project Based Learning using Transformation Gymnastics and Tetris GeoGebra. Research instruments used in this study is a test in the form of description, consisting of pretest and posttest that measures the ability of mathematical creative thinking including fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration. Data analysis includes tests of normality, homogeneity, and t-test using SPSS application assistance. The results showed that there was a significant increase in the value of students' creative thinking abilities, both in classrooms with Project Based Learning using Transformation Gymnastics and in classrooms with Project Based Learning using Tetris GeoGebra. There was no significant difference between the average posttest in the two classes. Thus, the two project tasks used in this Project Based Learning can be used in learning Transformation material.

scholarly journals Profile of Students' Creative Thinking Skills on Quantitative Project-Based Protein Testing using Local Materials

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
D. K. Sari ◽  
A. Permanasari ◽  
F. M. T. Supriyanti
Keyword(s):  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
And Control ◽  
Local Materials ◽  
Experimental Group

<p>The purpose of this study is to obtain a profile of students’ creative thinking skills on quantitative project-based protein testing using local materials. Implementation of the research is using quasi-experimental method pre-test post-test control group design with 40 students involved in Biochemistry lab. The research instrument is pre-test and post-test using creative thinking skills in the form of description and students’ questionnaire. The analysis was performed with SPSS 22.0 program to see the significance normality, U Mann-Whitney test for nonparametric statistics, N-Gain score, and the percentage of student responses to the practicum performed. The research result shows that the pretest rate in the experimental group is 8.25 while in the control group is 6.90. After attending a project-based practicum with local materials, the experimental group obtained the mean of posttest is 37.55 while in control class is 11.18. The students’ improvement on creative thinking skills can be seen from the average of N-Gain in the experimental class with 0.32 (medium category) and in the control category with 0.05 (low category). The experimental and control class have different creative thinking skills significantly different fluency, flexibility, novelty, and detail. It can be concluded that quantitative project-based protein testing using local materials can improve students’ creative thinking skills. 71% of total students feel that quantitative project-based protein testing using local materials make them more creative in doing a practicum in the laboratory.</p>

scholarly journals The development of being a professional teacher in the 21st -century model based on the ethics of profession with Buddhism integration

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chananporn Areekul
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Century Model ◽  
Thinking Skill ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Professional Teacher

The purpose is to develop being a professional teacher in the 21st century model based on the ethics of profession with Buddhism integration. The data were collected from 265 teachers and 20 experts. The instruments were questionnaires and data were analysed by confirmatory factor analysis. The model consisted of (1) the instruction: the 21st century educational philosophy, the curriculum design skill, the educational innovation skill in the classroom, the learning activity management skill, the learning evaluation skill and the classroom action research skill; (2) the ethics of profession for: a person, profession, clients, co-professionals and society; (3) the thinking skills: analytical thinking skill, synthesis thinking skill, critical thinking skill, comparative thinking skill, problem-solving thinking skill and creative thinking skill; and (4) the Buddhist principles: Desana 2, Patisambhida 4, Pamana 4, Desanavidhi 4, Dhammadesaka-dhamma 5, Bahussutanga 5, Anupubbikatha 5 and Kalyanamitta-dhamma 7. The model’s goodness-of-fit indexes were satisfactory, right and coherent. Keywords: Buddhism, ethics, profession, teacher, the 21st century.

scholarly journals Usability of M-PA21 Module to Improve Teachers’ Metacognitive Regulation in Teaching and Application of 21st Century Basic Skills

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (20) ◽  
pp. 87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rashidah Karnain ◽  
Saemah Rahman ◽  
Shahlan Surat ◽  
M.T. Ali
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Basic Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Training Module ◽  
Metacognitive Regulation

Teachers face the challenges in producing students with 21st-century basic skills encompassing communication, collaborative, critical and creative thinking, as well as values and ethical. The reasons are the teachers do not have enough knowledge and skills to implement student-centered teaching, applying 21st-century basic skills, and teachers’ thinking skills which are metacognition is at a low level. To overcome this problem, the Metacogni-tive Skills Training Module in the Teaching and Application of 21st Centu-ry Basic Skills (M-PA21) was developed. The training module needs to be evaluated for usability to see if it can solve the teachers’ existing problems. Therefore, the study aims to evaluate the usability of the M-PA21 module to improve the teachers’ metacognitive regulation in teaching. Evaluation of module usability was conducted through field test involving 16 respond-ents consisting of secondary school teachers. The data collection was done through module usability questionnaire, micro-teaching observation, and document analysis. The questionnaires of module usability were analyzed using SPSS version 24.0 by determining mean value, while observation data was analyzed thematic. Document analysis supports the evaluation of ques-tionnaires and observation findings. Overall, the findings show that the M-PA21 module can enhance teachers’ metacognitive regulation in the teach-ing and application of basic skills of the 21st century

Fostering children’s creative thinking skills with the 5-I training program

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 92-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaojing Gu ◽  
Ap Dijksterhuis ◽  
Simone M. Ritter
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills

scholarly journals Role of training session in improving the knowledge of blood transfusion practices among undergraduates- a hospital based study.

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1702-1705
Author(s):  
Perada Vasavi ◽  
Mahesh Kumar Usha ◽  
Anurag Yadav
Keyword(s):  
Blood Transfusion ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Training Session ◽  
Limited Resource ◽  
P Value ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Minimum Score ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Impact

Background: Blood is a vital and limited resource with a lifesaving therapeutic benefit.  Knowledge of standard transfusion practices to be followed is important in delivering quality transfusion services. The present study aims at assessing the knowledge of transfusion practices among undergraduate medical students, train them, and to assess the impact of this type of training sessions in improving the outcome. Materials and methods:  82 undergraduate MBBS students participated in the study. The students were asked to attempt a pre-test and a post-test questionnaire before and after the training program. The training session comprised of audiovisual lecture and handout material given to the participants. The mean scores, percentage of both the tests, and percentage of improvement in scores from pre to post-test were analyzed. Results: The mean score in the pre-test was 8.3 with a minimum score of 3 and a maximum of 13 out of 15. The post-test mean score was 10.7 with a minimum score of 6 and a maximum score of 14 out of 15, which was significantly high. The training program helped in the overall improvement of the knowledge in various aspects of blood transfusion like indications, cross-matching, shelf life, transfusion practices, and management of adverse reactions. The p-value obtained was 0.003 (<0.05) which was significant. Conclusions: Knowledge of blood transfusion practices among the undergraduates was low. Training sessions helped improve the immediate knowledge and overall orientation toward the practices. Hence, blood transfusion syllabus should be included in the undergraduates' competency curriculum.

scholarly journals The Comparison on 21st Century Skills of Early Childhood in Four Schools in Yogyakarta

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-52
Author(s):  
Erni Munastiwi
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Collaboration Skills ◽  
Collecting Techniques ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Creative Thinking Ability

This study aims to determine differences in 21st century abilities, including critical thinking, creative thinking, communication skills, and collaboration skills, in 4 schools in the Yogyakarta region. This research is a comparative survey with a research sample of 60 students. The data collecting techniques used in interviews with questionnaires consist of 4 21st century abilities: critical thinking skills, creative thinking, communication skills, and collaboration skills. The results showed differences in 21st-century abilities between schools AR with RA, AR with TY, RA with TY, RA with RB, and TY with RB. This is proved by the t-test, where the sig.t value <0.05 is obtained in a row on the creative thinking ability of 0.001; 0.049; 0.00; 0.001; 0.024. Ability to think creatively in succession 0.003; 0.009; 0.000; 0.009; 0.005. 0.000 successive communication skills; 0.011; 0.000; 0.000; 0.003. Collaboration ability 0.002 consecutively; 0.001; 0.000; 0.003; 0.000. Then there is no difference between AR and RB schools. The value of sig evidence this. t > 0.05 in a row on critical thinking skills, creative thinking, communication skills, and collaboration skills 0.781; 0.702; 0.540; 0.624. The difference in ability is influenced by the learning method used.

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